What happened with the by-laws of VND of USA?

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From: Adrian Vasiu <adrianvasiu@.com>

Dear Sahaja Yogis and Yoginis of USA,

Please find attached three pdf files: 

(i) original by-laws of VND of USA created under direct guidance from Shri Adi Shakti Mataji Nirmala Devi back in December 2001 (OriginalBL.pdf);

(ii) new by-laws re-designed by NC in October 7, 2012 (NewBL.pdf);

(iii) logical conclusions on the new by-laws drawn from inputs from several concerned Sahaja Yogis of USA (BLCONCLUSIONS.pdf). 

By re-designing the new by-laws, the NC has deliberately stepped out of the maryadas set forth for VND of USA by Shri Adi Shakti Mataji Nirmala Devi HERSELF. NC has shown no trust in Her and displayed arrogance that it can produce better and more appropriate by-laws. 

The mission and most significant activities of Vishwa Nirmala Dharma (Universal Pure Religion) created by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi are clearly stated in our IRS filings (forms 990 of VND):  

``ADVANCE & PROPOGATE THE UNDERSTANDING,PRACTICES &THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS OF SAHAJA RELIGION AS TAUGHT BY SHRI MATAJI NIRMALA DEVI".

NC secretly changed the original by-laws in very radical ways. For instance,  the ``Sahaja Religion" and the purposes of VND were deleted from the original by-laws (i.e., do not shop up in the new by-laws). When confronted with this discovery, the NC provided a ``Memorandum" from the VND attorneys that was meant to minimize the significance of the many changes made in the new by-laws. 

The main conclusions of BLCONCLUSIONS.pdf are:

I. There was neither legal nor moral need to change the original by-laws. Few updates, done with great care and devotion, would have been acceptable.

II. The Memorandum of the VND attorneys contains misconceptions and a false claim and is biased on the election and compensations.

III. NC has deliberately misrepresented and misaddressed Her Holiness Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. There is no other official document that has addressed Her in a more disrespectful and irresponsible way. 

IV. The NC deliberately embraced the “vetting process”
and misrepresented the Membership Article II. 

V. The NC deliberately refused to have VND of U.S.A. aligned with the worldwide VND. As U.S.A. is a very important country in the Vishuddhi Chakra of the Virata, this non-alignment has and will have multiple negative impacts on many other countries.  

VI. sm is not grounded in the Articles of Inc. from all angles or points of view (teachings of Shri Mataji, the advice of Shri Mataji back in 2007, Sahaja Yoga, Sahaja Dharma, Sahaja Culture, English usage, logic, our hearts, international alignment, role in the Virata, original by-laws, IRS, legal, insurance, etc.). Thus sm (as a name and an outreach platform accompanied by paraphernalia) has no status of any kind.

VII. There are very grave consequences of the standard language ``All powers and activities of this corporation shall be exercised and managed by the Board of Directors of this corporation directly, or, if delegated, under the ultimate direction of the Board." In simpler words, with no checks and balances in place besides the Standard of Care which is not at all clear how it works and acts, the NC is prone to abuses that go against the Sahaja Dharma and Culture. 

VIII. Through sm, our organization VND has strayed away and thus crossed the moral, legal, and binding purpose on multiple counts/points:

1. sm misrepresents Shri Mataji’s name and legacy. If VND of U.S.A. chooses to use two or more names to do business, this provides no legal right to impose two or more names to the teachings of Shri Mataji. Thus false claims of the type that Shri Mataji is the “founder of Sahaja Meditation” are misrepresenting Shri Mataji’s name and legacy.

2. sm and NC misrepresent the teachings of Shri Mataji. Evidences: (i) the 4 phases of sm; (ii) the blog of a director that presents Shri Mataji as continuing and correcting the work of Sigmund Freud.

3. The NC blocks the spreading of Sahaja Yoga and its activities. As of today, the NC has refused to give open permission to any Sahaja Yogi(ni) of the collective to conduct Sahaja Yoga public programs or to open Sahaja Yoga centers. In particular, NC has refused to answer the 14 questions that were explicitly and

openly put on February 19, 2013. Sahaja Yogis have been deprived by materials of spreading Sahaja Yoga: Sahaja Yoga Materials web-site store looks more like a ghost store with only few items listed for sale and even fewer truly available for sale.

4. sm misrepresents Sahaja Yoga and Sahaja Culture. Evidences: (i) the de-emphasis of Shri Mataji in sm programs, (ii) : “practitioners”, “sm club”, etc., (iii) Shri Mataji is often in the background or at the same level with Dr. Oz on our web-sites.

5. NC has deceived the adherents to VND who have dedicated their lives to Shri Mataji and Sahaja Yoga. Evidence: NC has forced sm on them despite the fact that they did not believe in sm and despite the fact that obviously sm deviated from the specific purposes of our Articles of Inc. on which we have all agreed without any disagreement for more than 22 years (during the period May 1985 to July 2007)!

6. Abuses of Sahaja Yogis engaged in activities which served the very purpose of our Articles of Inc. that were neither addressed nor resolved by NC. Evidences: dismantling of altars during Sahaja Yoga public programs, verbal public abuses, intimidations, etc.

7. NC deliberately ignored all appeals, requests, documents of the concerned Sahaja Yogis made or presented in the last 5 years. 

8. VND properties are not “irrevocably dedicated to religious purposes” (this includes sm materials, web-sites, and centers, etc.). 

9. The NC has used the VND money for non-religious activities and for deliberately replacing and removing the Sahaja Yoga name from our web-sites, centers, internal communications, etc. 

10. Deceiving and cheating of the American people in ways which expose VND to Media attacks. When a formerly welcoming School Board finds out that there is a phase 3 or phase 4 of sm and that their Christian children are being manipulated towards such phases, there will be grave consequences for anything

that includes the name ‘Sahaja’. It’s only a matter of time, and you can imagine how the National Media will treat such a story.

Jay Shri Mataji!

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